17. Children are the eternal concern of the elderly

"The line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt. Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late. Whoever says an inch is careless, and he will be rewarded with three springs. Meng Jiao's "The Wanderer's Yin" truly writes about the love of mothers all over the world for their children. A few simple sentences float the feelings of Yin Yin licking calves on the paper, and it is deeply touching to read.

Children are always the concern of the elderly, and even more so the elderly who are dying. An elder recounted an incident from his childhood.

He was only four years old at the time, and an old man in his family had died of illness, as if he should call him "Grandma". After receiving the news from his family, he followed his father back to his hometown in the countryside to mourn. A few days later, the funeral was over. He and his father were also preparing to go home.

He slept in the same room with his father, in a small courtyard, and in another room there lived an uncle. At that time, unlike now, the conditions were very poor, especially in the countryside, and the windows were all covered with glass. It snowed heavily that night, and just as the window paper was turning white (presumably the sky was slightly bright), he was awakened by the sound of a "tuk, tuk" crutches standing on the ground. His heart was shocked. Because this is the sound of the deceased grandmother when she walks. The old man has bad legs and feet, and he has to walk with crutches, which sounds like this "tu, tuk".

He lay on the bed, too frightened to move. I heard the sound of "tuk, tuk" from far and near, and then "squeak", and the courtyard door opened. The voice of "tuk, tuk" walked step by step towards the room where they were sleeping. He timidly pushed his father, but he fell asleep and did not wake up. Hearing the sound of crutches in front of the door, he was so frightened that he got into the quilt, covered his eyes with his hands and shivered. Then the door opened. Listening to the sound of "tuk, tuk" crutches, he seemed to walk to the bedside. After a full five minutes of pause, the sound began to fade away. I heard the courtyard door "creaking" open, and then the sound of "tuk, tuk" went farther and farther, and finally disappeared.

Only then did he dare to peek out of the quilt and wake up his father, and the two opened the door to see that there were still fine snowflakes floating outside the house, and the snow was smooth and smooth, without a single footprint. He told his father what had just happened. The old father hurriedly pulled him to the mourning hall and respectfully put a stick of incense on the deceased old man's house. After waiting for the incense, his father told him with tears in his eyes that this was the old man who had passed away and was leaving, and the old man was worried about his children and grandchildren, so he came to see them for the last time before leaving. Although he was young at the time, he also initially experienced the pain of life and death, and even knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to the old man's tablet.

17. Home in Beijing

This is also something that an old man experienced firsthand.

When the old man was young, he was engaged in construction engineering, and the nature of his work determined that it was difficult for him to stay at home quietly, and he slept in the open all year round. Not only himself, but even his family members sometimes have to run around, and moving is a common thing. This is a strange thing he saw when he moved to live in Shanxi.

At that time, I lived in a tube building, and there were many upstairs and downstairs neighbors, and they lived a neighbor downstairs, and the story happened in their house. On this day, the old man was cooking when he heard the sound of firecrackers downstairs. The old man wondered in his heart, what kind of firecrackers are set off during the New Year's Festival. After inquiring in the past, I found out that the downstairs neighbor invited someone to see a doctor. This is an implicit statement, but in fact, it is to invite a master to treat an evil disease. Because the anti-feudal and anti-superstitious slogans of that era were shouted loudly. No one dares to do these things openly, they can only say that they are asking someone to see a doctor.

In fact, many neighbors know about this not very peaceful thing. The man in the family is a truck driver who often travels long distances. Just a month ago, his wife suddenly began to behave strangely, often saying inexplicable things, sometimes getting up in the middle of the night without sleeping, sitting in front of the door and talking to herself. If the family came to dissuade her, she would scold her. Later, it intensified, and it was simply uneasy to make the house.

At first, I was sent to the hospital, but the hospital said that it was hysteria, and I took medicine and was hospitalized for several days without any effect. Later, he was discharged from the hospital and went home. Some old people say that they are evil and possessed by something, and it is recommended to find someone who knows how to take a look. His family didn't believe it at first, but the hospital they saw was not curable, and the woman's mind was getting less and less clear, so they had no choice but to ask someone to find someone who knew how to come.

It was an old lady, about sixty years old. The body is strong and full of energy. As soon as she entered the door, she walked over to the woman, grabbed the woman's hand, scolded her loudly, pinched the woman's hand, and asked people to set off firecrackers outside the house. Under her repeated questioning, the woman trembled and spoke. It is to the effect that she is from Beijing, and her family lives at No. ×× ×× Road, near Wangfujing, and her name is ××. She died in a car accident. One night he got in his man's car and came back with him, and he has been here for a month.

When the man heard this, he patted his head and remembered something. Once, he drove by the Langfang neighborhood at night. I was a little sleepy and stopped the car and wanted to take a break. When I got out of the car, I suddenly found a person squatting on the side of the road, as if it was still a woman. He was kind, so he stepped forward to ask, but as soon as he walked up, he found that the figure was gone. He thought he was dazzled. I got into the car and left. Then I forgot about it. Looking back now, maybe it was that time.

After the old lady's fright, the possessed ghost left. Strange to say, the woman has been normal ever since. Ask her about the month, and she doesn't know anything. After the old lady left, a red cloth hung on the door of their house. Maybe it's to ward off evil spirits.

Even more incredible things are yet to come. More than a month later, his man took the opportunity to get out of the car to Beijing. He took the time to look for the address told by the female ghost at the time, and the house number was completely correct. After inquiring with this family, there was really a woman in their family who died in a car accident half a year ago, and her name was ××, which was exactly the same as what the female ghost said. He didn't dare to tell anyone the truth, and walked out of the door in a cold sweat.